Effects of dietary forage and calf starter on ruminal pH and transcriptomic adaptation of the rumen epithelium in Holstein calves during the weaning transition
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ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Keiichiro Kizaki
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-83813 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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